diff --git a/python-cryptography.changes b/python-cryptography.changes
index 5696a8b..efbe2ea 100644
--- a/python-cryptography.changes
+++ b/python-cryptography.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep  7 11:18:35 UTC 2017 - vcizek@suse.com
+
+- Disable memleak tests to fix build with OpenSSL 1.1 (bsc#1055478)
+  * add skip_openssl_memleak_test.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Aug  3 23:14:49 UTC 2017 - michael@stroeder.com
 
diff --git a/python-cryptography.spec b/python-cryptography.spec
index f48a753..7a44065 100644
--- a/python-cryptography.spec
+++ b/python-cryptography.spec
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Source3:        https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/c/cryptography_ve
 Source4:        https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/c/cryptography_vectors/cryptography_vectors-%{version}.tar.gz.asc
 # PATCH-FIX-SLE disable-uneven-sizes-tests.patch bnc#944204
 Patch1:         disable-uneven-sizes-tests.patch
+Patch2:         skip_openssl_memleak_test.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module asn1crypto >= 0.21.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module cffi >= 1.4.1}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ functions.
 tar xvzf %{SOURCE3}
 
 %patch1 -p1
+%patch2 -p1
 
 %build
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing"
diff --git a/skip_openssl_memleak_test.patch b/skip_openssl_memleak_test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b80c87c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/skip_openssl_memleak_test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/tests/hazmat/backends/test_openssl_memleak.py b/tests/hazmat/backends/test_openssl_memleak.py
+index 6e92e34..3280c47 100644
+--- a/tests/hazmat/backends/test_openssl_memleak.py
++++ b/tests/hazmat/backends/test_openssl_memleak.py
+@@ -118,9 +118,8 @@ def assert_no_memory_leaks(s, argv=[]):
+ 
+ 
+ def skip_if_memtesting_not_supported():
+-    return pytest.mark.skipif(
+-        not Binding().lib.Cryptography_HAS_MEM_FUNCTIONS,
+-        reason="Requires OpenSSL memory functions (>=1.1.0)"
++    return pytest.mark.skip(
++        reason="Our FIPS openssl startup code invokes CRYPTO_malloc() which prevents later debugging via CRYPTO_set_mem_functions()"
+     )
+ 
+